This project has not been successfully funded. Sorry!

Women in between: Love, Honor and
Shame - is a web interactive documentary, a virtual journey in the
Mediterranean region to explore stories of women that have been victims of
violence and social exclusion but yet have found the strength to struggle for
empowerment. Their stories will set an example for others that have been
victims of a culture based on honor and shame. The honor of the family, the
feeling of shame, the social exclusion all leading to violent acts against
women and in between love, love for oneself and being in love. The personal
stories of women will bring to light broader issues of economic crisis,
immigration, domestic violence, femicide, social exclusion, family shame,
forbidden abortions, arranged marriages and ostracized single mothers.

Stories of women in form of short documentaries, photo-reportage's, animation and
multimedia videos, will be presented in a web interactive documentary,
where the viewer will be able to navigate in the Mediterranean Sea –through interactive
maps and features - and reflect on issues of violence and empowerment presented
on six chapters. Each chapter refers to one of the six countries through which we will travel
to –Tunisia, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Morocco and Spain. A virtual dialogue of Women in Between bordered countries. At
the end of this virtual journey one will have the possibility to act and
participate in a more meaningful way against violence. A live mapping of the local
and international groups and NGO's who work on women rights and gender-based
violence would give the possibility to women who seek help and also to
every viewer who wants to become more involved to find the nearest group and/or
action in his/her region.

Woman in Kairouane, Tunisia - 2011

New media and interactive technologies
is nowadays being used widely in journalism and documentary, in order to reach wider audience and create greater impact on social issues. We decided to use this distribution
channel because we believe that information and education are two very
important factors on the fight against violence. We want to reach wider audience
and engage it- especially younger people- in a participatory way. Our
aim is not only to inform but also to call for reflection, personal involvement
and finally action against violence. This new media narrations can be used
effectively to any campaign, educational course, lecture, seminar etc. related to
these topics. The web platform will be designed to work in low connections
and launched under Creative Commons license so that anyone may have access to its content and permission
to share with others.

Demonstration in Av. Habib Bourguiba, Tunis - 2011

Who we are

This
project was initially the idea of the Italian photographer [Francesca Oggiano]and the Greek
director [Georgia Tsismetzoglou] who share the same ambition, yet the team has
grown rapidly and led to the creation of the Maboula Collective, a cultural association with
horizontal structure. 'Women in Between'
is our first collaborative project in partnership with the Italian NGO "COSPE-together
for change" who will provide us technical support.

Why we ask for your support

We launch this campaign in order
to cover production costs such as: translation, travel, web design and web hosting costs of the prototype platform and the audiovisual chapter of
Women in Between in Tunisia. The Tunisian chapter will be shot in three rural
areas: El Kef, Jendouba North Tunisia and Kasserine west-central Tunisia close
to Jbel Ch3mbi (Chaambi’s mountain). The content will present the woman’s
conditions in rural areas related to:

We have been working on this
project for the past 2 years by our own means. We have finished the screenplay and written a presentation of the project. In 2014
we received a travel grand from the European cultural foundation to travel to
Tunisia, which permitted us to conduct field investigation, establish partnerships
with local groups and associations and start filming in the province of
el Kef. During our field investigation we met Chiraz and Wahida who accepted to
share their stories with us.

Chiraz moved to el Kef when her family isolated her for being a single mother of 2 children. There she met Wassila and other women of the Chrichi community who supported her during this difficult period of her life.

Wahida lives in Kasserine and opened the first
craft shop with products made by women of the area. A space where women can
meet, share their problems, work together, participate in workshops and seminars.

Chiraz - Chrichi community, el Kef, Tunisia - 2014

We
are currently developing partnerships with local and international groups and
NGO's who will provide us with technical support and contacts with local
communities in all six countries and a financial plan to meet our objectives. The
Tunisian cartoonist Nadia Kiari (author of the Willis from Tunis) has agreed to
produce the animations related to the Tunisian chapter of the project.

The success of this crowd funding
campaign will enable us to continue the production of the Tunisian chapter and
also design and launch a prototype of the Web Interactive Platform, which will allow us to gain insight by the users' feedback in order to improve the prototype and release the final version. The feedback of the users will be used in the final design of the
platform. We count on your feedback not only
for this campaign but also for the social issues this project represents. We
want you to be part of this project in all possible ways.

By definition a shelter is a structure that provides protection from danger, but for some women a shelter is the bond between them that makes them feel protected!

WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE FUNDS?

Women in Between is an ambitious
project and we truly believe that it cannot be accompliced without your support.
The travel expenses in 6 countries and the costs for the production and hosting
of the web interactive platform are prohibitive for us.
It is a project addressed
to all people and therefore we want to
turn to the people to support its first steps and embark with us towards our final destination. All donations made will go to the production of Women in
Between and not a penny will go unspent or be spent elsewhere.

Help us reach our total goal and help us give voice
to more women.

With 18.000$ we will cover
our travel, production and translation costs for 6 months and also the costs for the design and hosting of the Interactive
Web PlatformPrototype with the complete chapter of
Tunisia [documentaries, photography, animated videos, graphics and multimedia videos].

If you help us reach the milestone
of 10.000$ your contribution would still be very valuable to us since we will
be able to cover production,animation, web design, translation and travel costs for 6 months in order
to finish the production of the entire Tunisian chapter and present the stories of women through documentaries, photo-reportages, animated videos, graphics and multimedia videos on a professional Website that will run online as a prototype presentation of the web platform of the project.

If you help us reach the
milestone of 6.000$ we will be very thankful since we will be able to finish the shootings for the Tunisian chapter and present the
stories of women through documentaries and photo-reportages on a professional Website that will run online as a prototype presentation of the web platform of the project. This will cover the production, web design, translation and travel costs in Tunisia for 6
months.

Any donation or share from you
can make this project real.

Donate and join us on this journey!

All contributions will be rewarded! Please check out the donation tiers on the right!

All tiers will be designed from
the Twiza collective. Twiza is a cultural open space in the heart of the
Medina in Tunis, where local and international activists and artists meet and
share their experience with the local community through cultural events and
workshops.

Don't
wait: make a pledge today and be part of this journey!

Any contribution, no matter
how small, will make a difference since any dollar you donate will be doubled
thanks to Zoomal and Hivos.

Other Ways You Can Help

There are other ways to support us, if you cannot donate:

Spread the word by telling your friends, family and everyone
you know about our crowdfunding campaign. Share the link on your Facebook,
Twitter and Blog.

If only in the
European Union, over one in five women has experienced physical and/or sexual
violence from a partner. If only over 60 million girls worldwide are child
brides. If only the rates of domestic violence have increased greatly during
the time of crisis. If only austerity measures led to public budget cuts leaving
women victims of violence or single mothers unable to provide for their
children anymore, more vulnerable than before. What if we could turn those
numbers to actual voices? What tools can we, as artists, provide on the fight
to eliminate violence against women?

The web documentary [Women
in Between] was born from those questions. Reading news and reports related to violence
against women we identified the need for education, advocacy and action on the
issue. The need for audiovisual material, presented in one place, of several
topics related to women rights violations in a specific region, like the
Mediterranean, and not only on a case by case presentation. A need to create an
audiovisual tool that could be used effectively to any campaign, educational
course, lecture, seminar etc. related to these topics. But mostly a need to
find a way to engage the audience in a more participatory way.

"Send a postcard to end violence against women" - The maboula collective

A week away from 25 Nov- International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women - and we decided to make it a week of reflection.
One day is not enough if we really want to end with violence. Stay
tuned for our postcard campaign tomorrow and participate in the debate in FB, Twitter use the ‪#‎womeninbetween‬

19 Nov,2015

"Send a postcard to end violence against women" a campaign to raise awareness by maboula collective On social media share the postcards, tag people on them be part of the debate on ‪#‎womeninbetween‬ on how to end ‪#‎ViolenceAgainstWomen‬. For the next 7 days we will upload a new one everyday. As we are only a
week away from 25th of November - International day for the elimination
of violence against women- we launch this campaign in order to invite
everyone to reflect on violence and participate in the debate on how to
end it. When we speak about violence
against women we relate it mostly to physical, sexual violence, but
violence has a lot more masks. It can also be psychological or in form
of sexual and cyber harassment to name a few. We need to unveil all of
those masks if we want to defeat it. The questions posed in the
postcards have been isolated from the questionnaire of the FRA-EUROPE
survey on violence against women that was contacted in 2014 and the
results are alarming. We are aware that those questions may not stand
alone as violent cases or draw results from the answers but we believe
that they can set the base for a broader reflection and discussion on
how violence is present in our everyday life in more ways than anyone
can imagine. Send a #‎womeninbetween‬ postcard – Be part of the fight to end #‎ViolenceAgainstWomen‬Follow us on FacebookTwitterandBlog for updates on the campaign and participate in the debate.

25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women. But one day is not enough we need to Speak Out and Break the Silence all year long. Share this email, send the postcards and support our project to help us give voice to women victims of violence, but mostly help us create a tool for awareness and social change. Information-Education-Action is what we aim to accomplice with this project. Violence against women can be eliminated if both men and women work together to build strong relations and create an equal social environment for younger generations. We would like to thank all of you that have supported us so far, we have 15 days left to make our crowdfunding campaign on Zoomaala successful one and we need your help to continue Spread the Word. Follow us also on social media for updates FacebookTwitteror send us email info[@]maboula-production.com

Maboula collective production is a cultural association with horizontal structure. We are a collective of photographers, cinematographers, graphic and web designers based in the Mediterranean region. We believe that the audiovisual presentation of stories and news can build cultural bridges…

Send a message to Info@maboula-production.com

Rewards

$10 or more

→
STICKER

195 Available

You are very kind! Apart from our eternal gratitude you will receive a sticker with the logo of the maboula collective. Plus your name in the web platform as our supporter and a thank you shout out on social media.

$20 or more

→
POSTCARD

91 Available

You are great! Apart from our eternal gratitude you will receive a beautiful postcard from our project photo series with a personal message from all of us. Plus your name in the web platform as our supporter and a thank you shout out on social media.

$30 or more

→
BAG

39 Available

You are super! Apart from our eternal gratitude you will receive a beautiful screen-printed bag with our logo and a postcard from our project photo series with a personal message from all of us. Plus your name in the web platform as our supporter and a thank you shout out on social media.

$50 or more

→
T-SHIRT

96 Available

You are excellent! You will receive a beautiful screen-printed T-shirt with our logo and a postcard from our project photo series with a personal message from all of us. Plus your name in the web platform as our supporter and a thank you shout out on social media.

$100 or more

→
DVD

47 Available

You are Awesome! You will receive a printed DVD with the documentaries we will produce and your name printed in the DVD case as our producer. A postcard from our project photo series with a special message from all of us. Plus your name in the web platform as our supporter and a Special thank you shout out on social media.

$300 or more

→
PHOTOGRAPHIC PIECE [LIMITED EDITION]

10 Available

You are incredible! You will receive a Unique 20x30 printed photographic piece from our project photo series signed from the photographer and a postcard with a special message from us. Plus your name in the web platform as our supporter and a continued Special thank you shout out on social media.

$500 or more

→
COMPLETE MABOULA PACK

10 Available

We want to make this Great contribution worthy for you! A sticker, a postcard, a T-shirt, a DVD all inside our beautiful screen printed Bag with a special message of gratitude of all of us. Plus your name in the web platform as our supporter and a continued Special thank you shout out on social media.